There’s an absolutely huge and empty council estate at the Elephant and Castle which is being demolished for re-development. Walking around the fenced area makes you realise just how big an area it is.

Nearby I came across The Roebuck pub, which looked interesting. Bizarrely my Cabernet Sauvignon was white, so that had to go back. From the menu I toyed with having ‘Hedgehog, mushroom and onion burger’ but decided not to. Subsequently I decided it must have been ‘Hedgehog mushroom and onion burger’! In the end I had pigeon pie. It was a bit dry, too salty and I was a bit doubtful as to whether the chunky bits of meat were actually pigeon. But the pub is pleasant and all the Saturday papers were available to read. There are three other pubs in the same chain and they also have nice web sites.

So much walking done that I fell asleep on the train home, waking up to the announcement that my station was the next one; that was close!

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